Re: [math-fun] Ten-finger discounts

IBM's Power8 chip: http://www.linleygroup.com/mpr/article.php?id=11088 "The DFU efficiently supports binary-coded decimal (BCD) math" The BCD hardware math accelerator looks interesting&fun: Can anything clever/cool be done with it? At 01:58 PM 12/31/2014, Bill Gosper wrote:

This is starting to make me want one of those "Ten fingers are overrated" T shirts.